Receiving healing is not always the easiest thing to obtain. Doubt in your mind and even in the minds of others makes it a challenge. So, how do you move beyond doubt to trust God for healing? Faith and understanding the power of the “word” are good places to start. In this episode Jennifer Elwood walks us through a Greek and Hebrew study of the word healed and encourages listeners to seek God and believe Him for their healing like she did.

Highlights:

• It’s personal. Seeking to be healed and restored.
• Get a deeper revelation of the word by studying it.
• Trusting God is the first step to healing (Proverbs 3:5-8).
• Healing is a partnership with God.
• Overcome doubt by surrounding yourself with belief.

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Meet Jennifer Elwood:

Jennifer hosts the Refuge Podcast and Bible Study Community where women cultivate their faith in the shelter of God’s Word. This Yakima, WA resident is a lover of Jesus, wife of Tom, mom of three, and bonus mom and grandma. She’s a travel fanatic, coffee addict, and enjoys nerding out on Biblical context when studying the Bible. Going to Israel for the first time in 2015 sparked her desire to write and she has not stopped since. She’s the author of Counting Up to Christmas: Twenty-Four Gifts from the Gospel of Luke and Counting Up to Christmas: The Companion Cookbook.

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Book: Counting Up to Christmas: Twenty-Four Gifts from the Gospel of Luke
Book: Counting Up to Christmas: The Companion Cookbook.

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Alicia Terry is the host of "What's the Word?" Podcast and author of I Am Who God Says I Am: Getting to the Heart of Your Identity.  

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Sharing from her Jewish and Christian background, hear what Cindy Rudin has to say about becoming justified and forgiven, and the things she learned about herself and Jesus along the way. (Note: For more about the law, Jesus, and faith which are discussed in this episode, read Galatians 3 in the New Testament. I got a lot out of reading it from The Passion Translation because of its plain language, but use the version you like most.)

Highlights:

• Justified by the law or through Jesus
•  What does it mean to be justified from a biblical perspective? 
• You still have to do your part
• Make yourself happy in the Lord
• “It’s just as if I never sinned.”

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Meet Cindy: 

Cindy is a retired educator. She attends Shoreline Church in Austin, Texas where she has been a member for more than twenty years. Cindy serves within the church as a prayer intercessor and has a particular interest in healing through prayer and the laying on of hands. She can be contacted at rappielu(at)gmail.com.

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Unforgiveness is damaging to our minds, bodies, souls, and spirits. To get free from this terrible taskmaster, we have to get back to the Word and see what God has to say about it. There’s freedom in forgiveness and Dr. Lisa Dorsey shares with listeners how to possess both.

Highlights:

• The problem with unforgiveness
• The power and process of forgiveness
• Forgive always. Reconcile when it’s safe and healthy to do so.
• Unforgiveness doesn’t have to be your slave master
• Made in His image: The DNA of God enables you to forgive

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Meet Dr. Lisa: 

Dr. Lisa Dorsey has fifty years of combined experience in business and ministry. She holds a doctorate in Public Administration and a Ph.D. in Theology. For more than 20 years she has served in ministry as a pastor alongside her husband. Her debut novel Petra: An Unbroken Legacy will be released in May 2024. Dr. Lisa currently resides in Southern California with her husband and has four children, one daughter-in-law, and four adorable grandchildren.

Website: www.drlisadorsey.com
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Book: Petra: Petra: An Unbroken Legacy

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To know the faithfulness of God is to experience Him during the highs and lows of life. Hear Jackie Edwards explain how her understanding of the word “faithful” was tested and how she was able to overcome some very trying times, and why, today, she can confidently tell you, “Don’t give up on God.”

Highlights:

• Isaiah 25:1–“Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.”
• Faithful in death
• Faithful in finances
• Faithful in marriage: God reveals to redeem
• A prayer for the people

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Meet Jackie: 

JJackie and her husband, Nate, have been married for 25 years and have two adult children. They are members of Celebration Church in Georgetown, Texas, where Jackie serves as a small group leader for the women’s Freedom Small Group.

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What is it like to forgive someone in words only but not with the heart? Has it ever happened to you? It happened to Sherry Kleinert, and she decided to do something about it. Let her story be the catalyst you need to forgive.

Highlights:

• Healing strained relationships
• Traveling down the road to forgiveness
• Wanting more and getting more
• Forgiving yourself

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Meet Sherry Kleinert:

Sherry Kleinert is a native Austinite, who currently works in the nation's first micro-home community for the homeless, Community First Village.  For over 20 years, Sherry has worked in some of the largest non-profits in Austin. Whether it was managing programs at the Central Texas Food Bank or working with victims of domestic violence at SAFE Alliance, she enjoys serving her community and spends her leisure time swimming in the natural springs of Central Texas.  She is an active member of her church, St. John’s United Methodist and serves there as a member of their hospitality team. 

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What is real love? Annie Weber shares with listeners what she discovered about it. Learn how this revelation is shaping her life and influencing her relationships for the better, and how the same can be true for you.

Highlights:

• Love as defined by the world
• Love as defined by the Word
• 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a: What love does and doesn't’ do
• Your Calling: Letting love light the way

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Meet Annie: 

Author Annie Weber is known for her bold and uncompromising approach to sharing God's Word. She lives with a keen awareness of how the truth of Scripture has led her to put her faith in Christ. Wife to Bryan and mom to Lucy, Luke, Lily, and Levi, Annie is a wellness enthusiast and adventure seeker. Her hobbies include beach time, fitness, photography, snorkeling, hosting parties, making people laugh, and exercising her social skills.

Website: https://astoundingtruths.com
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Book: Astounding Truths of the Bible

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The word unfaithful is not a pleasant one, and it doesn’t travel alone. Once discovered, pain, hurt, anger, sadness, and even destruction often become its journey companions. In view of this, Michelle Layer Rahal helps us understand the full impact of this word and how to break free from its mental and emotional prison, to live a rich and full life beyond the betrayal.

Highlights:

• Defining the word unfaithful
• It’s destructive, violent, and treacherous
• Breaking Covenant: Caught in spiritual adultery
• Personal Story: Moving from unfaithful to forgiveness and freedom
• Assess how you live in the light of what God thinks, not what people think

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About Michelle: 

Michelle Layer Rahal is the award-winning author of STRAINING FORWARD: One Woman’s Journey from Oppression to Redemption in the Wake of the Vietnam War and ARE YOU LISTENING? A Guide to Recognizing and Responding to God’s Voice. She is a former radio news reporter and educator, who now enjoys leading Bible studies, coaching aspiring authors toward publication, and singing worship songs at the top of her lungs. When not in front of the computer, Michelle can usually be found in the kitchen preparing a gourmet meal for friends and family. She lives in Virginia with her husband and blogs about God’s tangible presence.

Website: https://www.michellelayerrahal.com
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Books: Are You Listening? | Straining Forward

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It’s easy to have an attitude of gratitude when things are going well, but what happens when things are not? Heather Robinsion, M.ed, shares what the word grateful truly means as well as the importance of having a grateful heart no matter what life throws at you.

Highlights:

• We’re not excused from being grateful
• Defining the word grateful: “...can’t apply that which I don’t understand.”
• Psalms 34:8 – where good and grateful meet
• Gratitude for being in the safest place
• Great and Small: Learning to be grateful in all things

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Meet Heather:

Heather is the wife of Minister Christopher Robinson. Propelled by a mission to inspire others to reclaim their power, rediscover their voices, and embrace their destinies, she is the driving force behind Anointed2Write LLC, a publishing company, headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania. She holds a bachelor's degree in African-American Studies from Temple University, a master's in Early Childhood Education from Grand Canyon University, and 15 post-graduate credits in Education from Gwynedd Mercy College. 

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Books: To Wholeness from Brokenness | Words of Reflection | A Season of Pressing

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Transformation is a process. It can be a challenging experience, but one well worth the ups and downs to discover the person God is fashioning you to be. In this two-part episode, Antoinette Riley shares her understanding, struggles and victories of being transformed by God.

Highlights:

• It’s a love thing
• Having your mind renewed
• God will complete the work
• Patience comes in when arrogance moves out
• A relationship that transforms you into the image of Christ

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Meet Antoinette:

Antoinette is a married homemaker, mother of 3 adult children with one granddaughter. She is a native Texan who graduated from Texas State University with a bachelor's degree in Communications. Antoinette worked in the media department at Austin Community Television (ACTV) where she hosted and produced the television program “Lifting America’s Blind Spot”. She currently enjoys purchasing and restoring homes to lease in the Austin, Texas area.

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Transformation, even though it can be a challenging experience, its ups and downs are necessary to discover the person God is fashioning you to be. In this two-part episode, Antoinette Riley shares her understanding, struggles and victories of being transformed by God.

Highlights:

• An Analogy: You can be transformed by the Bible or biscuits
• Is transformation a finished work like salvation?
• Growing Pains: Being transformed in the workplace and at home
• Discovering you can’t do it in your own strength
• Judgment dies the moment you recognize you’re the same type of dust as everyone else

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Meet Antoinette:

Antoinette is a married homemaker, mother of three adult children with one granddaughter. She is a native Texan, who graduated from Texas State University with a bachelor's degree in Communications. Antoinette worked in the media department at Austin Community Television (ACTV), where she hosted and produced the television program “Lifting America’s Blind Spot.” She currently enjoys purchasing and restoring homes to lease in the Austin area in Texas.

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